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Trafalgar Township Historical Society "Documenting, celebrating and preserving the agricultural heritage of North Oakville" Winter Newsletter 2010 Board Report We have our permits to start renovations, install our new sign and more importantly install a gas furnace in the schoolhouse! We are very grateful for a grant of $1,500 from the Town of Oakvilles Cultural grants Program, that is administered by the Oakville Arts Council. Our Annual General Meeting is coming up Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 7PM beginning with a fantastic guest speaker- J. Brian Gilchrist. The importance of understanding family and local history Please contact Michelle michelle@tths.ca or 905-257-9080 if you are interested in a board position. We are looking forward to a very exciting new year; come be a part of it! Dont forget to renew your membership ($25 for individuals & $35 for families) made payable to Trafalgar Twp Historical Society. Send to Jane Watt, 3089 Jaguar Valley Drive, Apt. B2, Mississauga, Ont. L5A 2J1 We are very pleased to announce that our very own Fred Hayward UE will be named a recipient of an Ontario Heritage Trust Community Recognition Award for Cultural Heritage. We nominated Fred because of his longstanding commitment to heritage in our community and beyond. Fred is the president of the United Empire Loyalists Association, one of our founding members and a resident of Oakville. www.uelac.org Books for Sale We are selling the Milton Historical Societies new book $40 "Halton Scotch Block - people and their stories" area covered runs along Steeles Ave. south, 17 sideroad north, east between the 4 & 5 conc. and west Tremain. We will have them at our Speakers series meetings. Trafalgar History Updates Town Restores Over 50 Monuments in Historic Cemeteries The Town of Oakville has restored more than 50 century-old headstones and monuments in the towns historic cemeteries. The restoration, which took place over the summer and cost $50,000, completes the first phase of the towns monument restoration project. These monuments are a lasting legacy of Oakvilles early settlers, said Chris Mark, director of Parks and Open Space. By restoring these markers, we preserve our history and honour the memory of these pioneer families. More than 2,000 headstones and monuments were identified in the towns monument condition survey for various types of restoration work including: raising markers, pinning broken pieces, stabilizing foundations and removing organic growth and vegetation. The monuments will be carefully restored according to the Ontario Heritage Act guidelines. The monument restoration project, which began this year, encompasses all seven of Oakvilles historic cemeteries and will take approximately seven to 10 years to complete. For more information about the towns cemeteries visit www.oakville.ca/cemeteries.htm or call the cemetery office at 905-338-4236. 1 Town of Oakville Heritage Designations The Town has just designated its 500th property. New ones in North Oakville area include St. Luke's Church in Palermo. All most all the properties with older buildings (even remnants of barns) in North Oakville have been added to the Heritage Register this past year. There are now a total of over 450 properties listed on the Register. Community Hall Flag Pole Returns To Palermo On November 13th 2009 the 98 year old flag pole was returned from the Halton Regional Museum, where it had spent many years . It was installed by workers from the Town of Oakville on the edge of the playground of the Palermo school House. Welcome Home! Submitted by Ross Wark Bronte Creek Provincial Park Homes in Derelict Condition We are asking our members to please write or phone MPP Kevin Flynn and urge him to ensure that the heritage homes located in Bronte Creek Provincial Park that are not currently being used are boarded up and secured to protect them from further demolition by neglect kflynn.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org Tel: 905-827-5141 Doors Open The next Doors Open Oakville is scheduled for Saturday & Sunday September 25th & 26th. The schoolhouse will be open on the 25th for our Heritage Fair. Let us know if you are interested in hosting a display or activity at the fair. Inquiries The Heritage Planners at the Town of Oakville are seeking information on the following houses. These are all homes above Dundas which would be 1st Concession NDS. Not sure of exact lot numbers but if you go to this website and click on the search button you can put in the address to find exactly where it is located. http://maps.oakville.ca/eo6/WebPages/Map/MapViewer.aspx 3437 Trafalgar- Home of Mathew Clements; 3164 Burnhamthorpe Rd W 87 Dundas St E , 103 Dundas St W TTHS Board Meetings Our next board meeting is at the schoolhouse at 3pm on Tuesday February 9th. Members are welcome to attend and participate in discussion. Heritage Events Around Halton Esquesing Historical Society - Wednesday February 10 Huron & Mississauga Residents of Halton at Knox Presb. Georgetown 7:30PM 2 Speaker Series Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010, 7pm Palermo Schoolhouse (& TTHS Annual General Meeting) The importance of understanding family and local history Guest speaker: J. Brian Gilchrist J. Brian Gilchrist is an internationally respected genealogist and author known for his informative yet entertaining presentations. Although Brian is a descendant of the Hagers of Palermo and hence is related to many of the pioneer families of the area this lecture will be generic in nature. No matter where in the world your family originates from, the process for research and recording history is the same. TTHS Tuesday, April 27th, 7pm Guest speaker: Richard Collins (Richard is a local Mississauga historian, President of the Mississauga South Historical Society, and interpreter for the Museums of Mississauga). Title and Topic to be announced. TTHS Tuesday, June 29th, 7pm A pictorial review of the early history of Halton County with a comparison of the development of north and south Halton featuring many of the settlements, entrepreneurs and industries. Guest Speaker: Local Halton Author and Historian, John McDonald John McDonald, a lifelong resident of Halton, has taken a keen interest in the history of the county for over 30 years. He has authored two books Halton Sketches and Halton Sketches Revisited. (The later is in its third printing.) John was born in Milton and has served for a ten year period on Halton Hills Council and Halton Region Council. He is a founding member of the Esquesing Historical Society and is presently active with the Milton Historical Society. John is currently writing a new book Halton's Heritage which will deal with William Halton (the man the county was named for) and a history of the various settlements (past and present) which made up Halton County." Archives We have been doing some cataloguing & sorting of the archives materials and came across this newspaper. We found it very interesting how some things stay the same and some things have changed. Thought you might enjoy it. Dec 31 1966 Daily Journal Record (43 yrs ago) Halton News Highlights listed in Year End round-up Mayor urged the necessity for a special effort to attract industrial assessment to the Town An increase in Oakville's crime rate was revealed by statistics released by Chief of Police Fred Oliver Population 51,634- an increase of 2,545 over the previous year Kinsmen Club & Minor Oaks Hockey Assoc. offered to pay $30,000 towards the cost of an indoor artificial rink Sale of the historic Chisholm estate at the foot of Navy as an apartment site was reported YM-YWCA building fund campaign to raise $1,213,844 was launched Jan 24- heaviest snowfall in 21 yrs New police building would include TV and microphone "bugging" devices- aroused opposition Local 707 United Auto workers opened a conference on united action for clear water One way traffic system for downtown Oakville recommended Residents organize to oppose plans to build an apartment complex on the former Chisholm property 46 Bulls sold at the annual bull sale at the Hays sales Arena (SE corner Dundas & Sixth Line) Ford Truck Plant opened Strange looking flying objects reported by residents over the lake $45,646 surplus for the year reported by Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Association St Paul's United Church formally opened A resident forming a society for Analysis of Unidentified Contrivances from Extraterrestrial regions 3 Oakville Historical society urged measures to preserve old part of Oakville from destruction. Shortages of manpower and housing in Oakville were revealed in a labour survey report to council. 5 Oakville high school students go to Ottawa with a petition signed by more than 4,000 Oakville residents to send bushels of wheat to aid the starving in India More than 3,000 youngsters marched in the 11th annual Boy & Girl Scout parade to George's Sq. BP Refinery of Canada & Shell Canada Ltd. announced a plan to control air pollution at their refineries The Oakville & District Chamber of Commerce launched a probe into Oakville's housing crisis A study of Oakville's future hospital needs was authorized by the board of governors. Halton County's first Oakville based mental health campaign for education and funds was opened Oakville council endorses a report of Halton Conservation Authority criticizing quarrying operations. Maple Grove residents petitioned the board of Education to build a secondary school there White Oaks Secondary school officially opened Blakelock High School won annual Bathtub race Oakville Central library building began Youth bureau formed by the Oakville Police Dept Tenders accepted for Oakville's new fire hall 6 youths sentenced in Oakville court for under age drinking Research- Irene Saunders provided us with information on settlement requirements. SETTLING DUTIES 1818 - To clear and fence 5 acres for every hundred acres granted; to build a dwelling house of 16 by 20; and to clear one half of the road in Front of each Lot; the whole to be performed within eighteen months from the date of this Ticket. Location Ticket not transferable. AFTER NOVEMBER 20, 1830 Notice is hereby given by Order of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Council: that in lieu of the Settlement Duties heretofore exacted, the following Settlement Duties shall be required in respect of all Locations made after this date. The Locatee shall clear thoroughly the half of the road in width, opposite to the Front of the Lot, by burning or totally removing all the timber, wood and underwood of every kind therefrom. He shall cut down all the stumps for the space of 10 feet from the centre of the road, so low, that a wagon wheel may easily pass over any thing that stands within that space, and he shall sow with grass seed the road so cleared. Upon proof that this has been done, and that some person has been constantly resident upon the Lot for the space of two years, a Patent may issue without other Condition of Settlement Duty But in cases where the Lot has not been occupied, a Patent shall not issue until the Locatee, in addition to the Road Duties above prescribed, shall have wholly cleared the timber from the Front of his Lot for the space of a Chain. If proof of Settlement Duties, as above required, with, or without residence, be produced to the Surveyor General within two years and a half, the Lot shall be again open to the Locatee. It is further ordered, that the above regulations shall not interfere with the Order in Council of the 19th of May, 1830, which applies exclusively to discharged soldiers, and in respect to whom the period of residence is hereby appointed to be three years, instead of five, as prescribed by the Order. And further that in respect to all Location made before this date, the Grantee shall have the option of performing the Settlement Duties either according to this Regulation, or to the Regulations which were in force before the making of this Order. Lastly, it is ordered, that where a Grantee has a Grant of more than one Lot in a Township, and resides upon one of them, the Settlement Duties in respect to those Lots, on which he does not reside, shall consist of the Road Duty, and the clearing the Chain in Front of the Lot, as above mentioned. 4